NaPoWriMo: Day 21

The poetry prompts from NaPoWriMo.net are just plain fun. I’m taking their advice again today and basing my poem on Frank O’Hara’s Lines for the Fortune Cookies. It’s a funny list of fortunes you are unlikely to find in your cookie… though what a wonderful surprise if you did!

I find myself discovering new poets and other artists as part of this poetry exercise. I have to ask myself: Frank O’Hara, where have you been all my life?

Fortune Cookies Baked for Frank O’Hara

Good luck with your next haircut, you’re going to need it.

The next man you meet wearing white pants will change your life.

There is such a thing as showing too much interest in something.

The next call you take will remind you why voice mail is always an option.

There is time and a place for everything, though the time has long since passed.